Atypical/Typical Development Chapter 1
Exam Questions and Answers
Early Childhood Development - - -
correct answer ✅the development of children from conception
and birth through age 8
Collectivism vs. Individualism - - -
correct answer ✅Collective- Raised by the family and to depend
on family for life
Individual- Raised to live independently one day
~ A collective child may assume everything can be shared and take
something of another students without asking. The child must be
taught to respect others but his collective background must be
taken into account as well
SES - - -
correct answer ✅Socioeconomic Status
-determined by level of education, income, place of residence, and
occupation of primary wage earner
diverse needs of children - - -
correct answer ✅social, emotional, and learning needs of all
individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, or intellectual ability.
Each individual within a classroom will have unique ways of
, Atypical/Typical Development Chapter 1
Exam Questions and Answers
learning or interacting with others, and in no group of students will
all individuals be alike
Relationship between special needs and low SES - - -
correct answer ✅children of poverty will have unique needs but
children of poverty do not automatically have special needs or
developmental delays
Views of children in the past- Middle Ages and Renaissance - - -
correct answer ✅Middle Ages- Children under 7 are nonpersons.
Child abuse, abandonment, and infanticide are common. Children
over 8 are little adults
Renaissance- unique developmental period. Children are
"inherently evil" and the parents must "Break their wills"
Maturationists - - -
correct answer ✅+ Gesell
- Development of some skills is in a fixed order
-some behaviors are stable through a lifetime
-based on genetics
-Nature
Exam Questions and Answers
Early Childhood Development - - -
correct answer ✅the development of children from conception
and birth through age 8
Collectivism vs. Individualism - - -
correct answer ✅Collective- Raised by the family and to depend
on family for life
Individual- Raised to live independently one day
~ A collective child may assume everything can be shared and take
something of another students without asking. The child must be
taught to respect others but his collective background must be
taken into account as well
SES - - -
correct answer ✅Socioeconomic Status
-determined by level of education, income, place of residence, and
occupation of primary wage earner
diverse needs of children - - -
correct answer ✅social, emotional, and learning needs of all
individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, or intellectual ability.
Each individual within a classroom will have unique ways of
, Atypical/Typical Development Chapter 1
Exam Questions and Answers
learning or interacting with others, and in no group of students will
all individuals be alike
Relationship between special needs and low SES - - -
correct answer ✅children of poverty will have unique needs but
children of poverty do not automatically have special needs or
developmental delays
Views of children in the past- Middle Ages and Renaissance - - -
correct answer ✅Middle Ages- Children under 7 are nonpersons.
Child abuse, abandonment, and infanticide are common. Children
over 8 are little adults
Renaissance- unique developmental period. Children are
"inherently evil" and the parents must "Break their wills"
Maturationists - - -
correct answer ✅+ Gesell
- Development of some skills is in a fixed order
-some behaviors are stable through a lifetime
-based on genetics
-Nature
